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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2582 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pickepick

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it
599 times in 345 works
Consistency
97.7% (599 of 613)
Reach if approved
~644 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: pick
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
613 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (599 changes in 345 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 599)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … he ſaith he wil make them goe vnder the rodde, that ſo he may pickepick & cull out the good, to receiue them into Couenant, as into his fould: as …
    With rule
    … he ſaith he wil make them goe vnder the rodde, that ſo he may pickepick & cull out the good, to receiue them into Couenant, as into his fould: as …

    Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 46 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of their manner of adoration. Nowe let vs see what wise arguments Sander can pickepick out of this place.
    With rule
    … of their manner of adoration. Nowe let vs see what wise arguments Sander can pickepick out of this place.

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 679 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … looke how ye ſée Crowes & other foules folow the héeles of the Sower, to pickepick vp & deuoure ſuch karnells as doe lie vncouered: in like manner doe the diuels …
    With rule
    … looke how ye ſée Crowes & other foules folow the héeles of the Sower, to pickepick vp & deuoure ſuch karnells as doe lie vncouered: in like manner doe the diuels …

    George Gifford · Sermon on the Parable of the Sower · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … in grounds broken vp to be sowne, there are many fowles busie, ready to pickepick vp the good graine being sowne; but in the Fallow men neede take no …
    With rule
    … in grounds broken vp to be sowne, there are many fowles busie, ready to pickepick vp the good graine being sowne; but in the Fallow men neede take no …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 848 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … ſottiſh imagination is hence condemned by this doctrine: it is a dreame deviſed to pickepick mens purſes, and to delude mens conſciences, and to fill the Popes coffers, they …
    With rule
    … ſottiſh imagination is hence condemned by this doctrine: it is a dreame deviſed to pickepick mens purſes, and to delude mens conſciences, and to fill the Popes coffers, they …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Exaltation · p. 288 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Wherefore vnderſtand you, that this procéedeth not of any ſuche purpoſe, as eyther to pickepick any thanke for an vndeſerued good turne, for therein you are before hande with …
    With rule
    … Wherefore vnderſtand you, that this procéedeth not of any ſuche purpoſe, as eyther to pickepick any thanke for an vndeſerued good turne, for therein you are before hande with …

    Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Chriſt as a comforter doth not come to thee, and thou bee reſolved to pickepick and chuſe, amongſt all the ſins thy ſoule knowes, to finde out one that …
    With rule
    … Chriſt as a comforter doth not come to thee, and thou bee reſolved to pickepick and chuſe, amongſt all the ſins thy ſoule knowes, to finde out one that …

    Nicholas Lockyer · Christs Communion with his Church Militant · p. 108 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Church, that seculer power should giue iudgement vpon the crimes of Ecclesiasticall persons, they pickepick this law out of Anacletus and Euaristus, who deduce this constitution from the Apostles …
    With rule
    … Church, that seculer power should giue iudgement vpon the crimes of Ecclesiasticall persons, they pickepick this law out of Anacletus and Euaristus, who deduce this constitution from the Apostles …

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 58 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Devils Banket Described A00888

  • Printed
    Oh, for some golden Statute against these Aristophanes Fawners, and Herodian PickePick-thankes, that cry, foreign, and Vox Dei, like the Churchwardens Bils, Omnia bene, euery thing …
    With rule
    Oh, for some golden Statute against these Aristophanes Fawners, and Herodian PickePick-thankes, that cry, foreign, and Vox Dei, like the Churchwardens Bils, Omnia bene, euery thing …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 69 · Open in the reader

The Ready Way to Good Works A09275

  • Printed
    … ſo: ſome poor Anſw. are honeſt, and of good report, and of unblameable converſations: PickePick out theſe for the objects of thy Charitie, if thou wilt doe nothing for …
    With rule
    … ſo: ſome poor Anſw. are honeſt, and of good report, and of unblameable converſations: PickePick out theſe for the objects of thy Charitie, if thou wilt doe nothing for …

    Richard Bernard · The Ready Way to Good Works · p. 442 · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

  • Printed
    … diet, bookes, and other necessaries; but even their annuall Pensions, Revenues and Estates at PickePick-purse Stage-playes; which are more expensive to them, then all their necessary disbursements …
    With rule
    … diet, bookes, and other necessaries; but even their annuall Pensions, Revenues and Estates at PickePick-purse Stage-playes; which are more expensive to them, then all their necessary disbursements …

    William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 312 · Open in the reader

Baptismal Regeneration of Elect Infants Professed by the Church of England A17267

  • Printed
    … comfort, on this wiſe; At a certaine time they brought Children to Chriſt, &c. PickePick any other ſenſe then I haue done out of the Leiturgy, eſpecially when it …
    With rule
    … comfort, on this wiſe; At a certaine time they brought Children to Chriſt, &c. PickePick any other ſenſe then I haue done out of the Leiturgy, eſpecially when it …

    Cornelius Burges · Baptismal Regeneration of Elect Infants Professed by the Church of England · p. 30 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    … we should be faine to be inforced to it by reasō of our naughtines. PickePick me out the most despised of all men, & yet doeth he carie in himselfe …
    With rule
    … we should be faine to be inforced to it by reasō of our naughtines. PickePick me out the most despised of all men, & yet doeth he carie in himselfe …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 620 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … were a wonder, if after the death of a Prince, there ſhould want ſome PickePick-thanke, to inſinuate himſelfe into his Succeſſor: An Amalekite young man rides poſt to …
    With rule
    … were a wonder, if after the death of a Prince, there ſhould want ſome PickePick-thanke, to inſinuate himſelfe into his Succeſſor: An Amalekite young man rides poſt to …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1117 · Open in the reader

The Glorious Feast of the Gospel A93248

  • Printed
    … up to a reprobate ſenſe and hard heart, but he doth not doe ſo. PickePick out matter of comfort from griefe.
    With rule
    … up to a reprobate ſenſe and hard heart, but he doth not doe ſo. PickePick out matter of comfort from griefe.

    Richard Sibbes · The Glorious Feast of the Gospel · p. 76 · Open in the reader